artners: Japan 24%, Italy 17%, France 14%, Spain 8% (1997)
Imports: $444 million (f.o.b., 1997)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum products,
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports - partners: France 26%, Spain 8%, Germany 7%, Benelux 7%
(1997)
Debt - external: $2.5 billion (1997)
Economic aid - recipient: $227.9 million (1995)
Currency: 1 ouguiya (UM) = 5 khoums
Exchange rates: ouguiyas (UM) per US$1 - 219.560 (December 1999),
209.514 (1999), 188.476 (1998), 151.853 (1997), 137.222 (1996),
129.768 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Mauritania:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 9,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995)
Telephone system: poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor
microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications
stations (improvements being made)
domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed
domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with
regional capitals
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
and 2 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 360,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 62,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
@Mauritania:Transportation
Railways:
total: 704 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government
mining company
standard gauge: 704 km 1.435-m gauge (1995)
Highways:
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River
Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso
Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)
Airports: 26 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)
@Mauritania:Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie,
National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 605,124 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 293,445 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $41 million (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.7% (FY97)
@Mauritania:Transnational Issues
Disputes - internatio
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